Gender and health: A study of older unlike-sex twins

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Gold, Carol H ^a   Malmberg, Bo ^a   McClearn, Gerald E ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Berg, Stig ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

EID: 0036237945     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/57.3.S168     Document Type: Article

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